Rossi Crashes in Qualifying ...

... but nabs pole position anyway :-) In a rather strange lowside wipeout, Vale lost the front end in a righthand sweeper. He wasn't leaned over very far, the corner radius wasn't tight and the front end didn't hop, skip or snap over bumps or debris. Luckily it happened late in the session and he'd already posted the winning time, so no worries. In fact, he set another record: this is the first time under the single tyre manufacturer rule that the previous pre-single tyre qualifying record has been broken. Even so, close behind were Lorenzo and Pedrosa. Second row of qualifiers were Elias, Edwards and Dovizioso. If Pedrosa gets his trademark holeshot, Rossi and Lorenzo will probably spend the first half of the race keeping up. The last half should be a close three-way race across the rolling hills of Brno. Either of these guys is capable of winning, but I`m going with Rossi, probably followed in qualifying order by Lorenzo and Pedrosa. How about Edwards for fourth? I think he can do it.